Spherically, chromatically, and astigmatically corrected three component objective



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y 8, 1956 I H. ZOLLNER 2,744,446 SPHERICALLY, CHROMATICALLY ANDASTIGMATICALLY CORRECTED THREE COMPONENT OBJECTIVE Filed Feb. 10. 19532,744,446 Patented May 8, 1956 SPHERICALLY, CHROMATICALLY, AND ASTIG-MATICALLY CORRECTED THREE COMPO- NENT OBJECTIVE Harry Ziillner, Jena,Germany, assignor to VEB Oplik Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena, GennanyApplication February 10, 1953, Serial No. 367,793

1 Claim. (CI. 88-57) The invention consists in an objective of theso-called Tessar type for purposes of photography and projection, inwhich the spherical, chromatic and astigmatic aberrations areeliminated,and which contains a single dispersive lens, enclosed by two axiallyair-spaced collective members, of which the member on the object sideconsists of a collective single lens and the member on the image sideconsists of a two-lens cemented member the cemented surface of whichbeing collective and convex to the object, the objective beingconstructed of glasses such that the sum of the refractive indices ofall lenses lies between 6.42 and 6.53, that the sum of the Abbe numbersof all lenses lies between 185 and 188, that of the front lens and ofthe rear lens the arithmetic mean of the refractive indices lies between1.64 and 1.67 and the arithmetic mean of the Abbe numbers lies between52 and 54, with regard to a focal length of 100 of the objective, theproduct of this focal length and the quotient of the refractive index ofthe front lens, reduced by l, and the radius of curvature of the outsidesurface of this lens lying between 1.68 and 1.73.

In order to so improve an objective of this type that an aperture f/2.8combined with a particularly favourable state of correction of thespherical zones and of the chromatic aberrations is attained, theobjective according to the present invention is so constructed that theaxial distance between the outside surface of the front lens and thefront surface of said single dispersive lens lies between l6.4 and 16.6and, with regard to a focal length of of the objective, the radius ofcurvature of the cemented surface of said two-lens cemented member liesbetween 32.2 and 33.

An objective according to the invention is shown as an example in thedrawing. The values of the radii r, of the thicknesses d and of theair-spaces l of the single lenses L as well as of the aperture spaces Inand b: may be chosen for the focal distance f=100 according to thefollowing table, representing two examples according to the invention:

Kinds of glass EXAMPLE 11 erg in 4 i Kinds of glass Lens L1 L1 Ls L4 Iclaim:

Three component objective for purposes of photography and projection,this objective being corrected spherically, chromatically andastigmatically and containing a single dispersive lens enclosedbyaxially air-spaced collective members, the member of the object sideconsisting of a collective-single lens and the member of the image sideconsisting of two lenses cemented together, the cemented surface beingcollective and convex to the object, the sum of the refractive indicesof all lenses lying between 6.42 and 6.53, the sum of the Abbe numbersof all lenses lying between 185 and 188, the arithmetic mean of therefractive indices of the front lens andof the rear lens lying between1.64 and 1.67, the arithmetic mean of the Abbe numbers of the front lensand of the rear lens lying between 52 and 54, with regard to a focallength of of the objective, the product of this focal length and thequotient of the refractive index of the front lens, reduced by 1, andthe radius of curvature of the outside surface of this lens lyingbetween 1.68 and 1.73, the axial distance between said outside surfaceand the front surface of said dispersive lens lying between 16.4 and16.6 and the radius of curvature of said cemented surface lying between32.2 and 33.

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